Owasso Man Back At Work After Locating Stolen Mowing Equipment

OWASSO, Oklahoma -

An Owasso man is back at work after setting up a trap to catch the thief who stole his livelihood.

A crook drove away with more than $20,000 worth of lawn mowing equipment last Monday. That's when News On 6 reported the theft and Rick Byrne said without our story and social media, he probably would have never gotten his equipment back.

It's my own business, I love it. I can't see myself doing anything else. I'll die doing this, Rick Byrne said while mowing a client's yard. Last week was tough with no money, but this week I'm catching up.

Byrne was forced to temporarily close his company when he woke up on Labor Day to find a crook had been hard at work, busting a lock on his work trailer.

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The trailer was locked to Byrne's work truck outside his house in Owasso, and locked to it was more than $20,000 worth of lawnmowers, weed-eaters, edgers and blowers - all equipment for Byrne's mowing business, Camo Outdoor Services.

Byrne thought he might never see his stuff again, until he got a message from a stranger about a trailer for sale on Facebook.

He sent me a picture of the trailer saying, 'I think this is your trailer, this guy's trying to sell it,' Byrne said.

Despite being concerned the seller might become violent or recognize him, Byrne and his father-in-law set up a meeting with the man in Tulsa.

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Owasso Man Back At Work After Locating Stolen Mowing Equipment